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D. FRASER.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 6, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908. Z/

4 f f f f f f f f f f S11/wanton I um ff i `UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

DUNCAN FRASER, OF BROOKLYN, NW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE THOMPSON & NORRIS COM- PANY, OF FROOKLYN, NEW YORK,VA CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification oLLetterb Patent.

v Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

Application mea August s, 190s. serial No. 447,314.

` T o all whom it may concern.:

means to the walls 9 and 10.

Be it known that I, DUNGAN- FRASER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and Abtate of New York, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Boxes; and I doliereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art kto which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to packing boxes such as are used for shipping glassware, bottled kinds.

The object of the invention is to rovide in a packing box made of strawboar of the ribbed, iuted or corrugated variety, means for preventing the cors used for tying the box from cutting the edges of the bottom and cover, and means for strengthening these ortions by the employment of a cord emedded,'or glued or cemented in the walls of the box forming a solid ridge.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical, transverse section of a box constructed in accordance with my invention, a

portion of the central part being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view in section of a portion of the cover, showing the cords embedded therein. Fig. B/is a perspective view showing the construction of the corners of the cover. Fig. 4 is a detail view in section of a portion of the cover, taken on one of the sides at right angles toI that shown in Fig. 2, and illustrating, therefore, the corrugations ruiming in a different direction.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 indicates the side walls of the box, 2 thev cover and 3 the bottom thereof. The bottom may be 'secured to the side walls, or, iffor any reason it is so desired, it may be made detachable and manufactured in exactly the same manner as the cover. The side walls are preferably made of a corrugated or fluted strawboard and the cover and bottom of the same material. The strawboard is faced on its outer side with a surface piece 9 if suitable material, andthe inner side is )rovided with a lining 10, which constitutes t 1e inner wall. The complete wall of the box includes, therefore, members 9, 10 and 11, the latter representing the iilling material, which is secured at all points of contact by glue or other The body porgoods, and merchandise of various' `the cover.

folded into the form of a rectangle or other figure.. The. cover and bottom are each formed of one iece of material of the character mentione The corrugatilons in two sides of the cover will therefore run parallel with the corrugations in the upper portion of the cover, while the corrugations of the other two sides, if the box be formed of rectangular cross-section, will constitute in effect continuations Yof the corrugations in' the flat portion of the cover, but disposed at right anales thereto. f

A cord 4 of hemp or other material is embedded in the angle 5 of the" cover and extends all the way around the same. This cord is pressed into the filling material at the anglev and occupies the posrtionrelative to the walls of the cover shown clearly in Fig. 2. This cord will come in contact with the upper edges of the walls of the box when the1 cover is in position and will serve'to strengthen that portion ofthe cover and prevent its be-` ing cut by a cord, strap or other device used for tying or carrying the box. The edge of the cover is also provided with an embedded cord 6 which cord may lie within the space formed by the upper corrugation. It will be clear that this remark applies only to the sides of the cover in which the corrugations run parallel with the ilat, main portions of In the vopposite sides, where the corrugations' run in the other direction, the

cord will lie in a groove or channel formed by i the continuation of the side.- walls of the cover slightly-beyond the inner filling. The cord located in this position serves to strengthen the edge of the cover and prevent the corners from tearing apart; A binding strip 7 is secured over the edge of the cover and is attached to both the outside and inside walls as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The corners are further protected by a binding piece 8 which is secured tothe strip 7 and to the inner and outer walls.

A box formed in the manner described is i adapted to resist any ordinary strain and it will be observed that the embedded cord serves a special purpose` in connection with the fluted or corrugated strawboard, inasmuch as such material is particularly weak along the line of an angle formed by bending a portion` of the niaterial'ii such direction that the corrugatio'ns ofboth sections run in the same direction..

What l claim is:

l. ln a box, the combination of two walls projecting at an angle to each other, and. cord partially embedded in the material forming said walls along the line formed by the junction thereof.

2. ln a box, the combination of two walls at an angle with each other, said'walls being formed of a plurality of thicknesses of mate rial, of a cord partially embedded within the material forming some of the layers of said Walls. i

3. ln a bex, the combination. of two walls projecting' at an angle to each other, said walls consisting ol` plain sides and a conipressible filling material, and embedded in the filling material `along the line formed by the junction of said walls.

4. ln a box, the combination of two Walls projecting at an angle to each other, said walls consisting of' substantially plain sides and an independent compressible lilling inaterial having` a liuted conformation7 and a cord partially embedded .in 'the material forming one of said plain sides and in said filling material.

5. ln a box, the combination ol' two-walls at an angle to eachother and formed with a iilling of compressiblc material, a cord partially embedded within the material consti`l tuting the walls and running` along the line formed by the junction of said Walls, and a second'cord embedded in the material constituting one of said Walls at the free edge thereof.` i

6. In a box, the combination of two walls projecting at an angle yto'each other, said walls consisting of su bstantially plain sides, and a filling material ol 'luted or corrugated conformation secured to said sides., the corrugations ol one of said walls projecting in i a plane at an angle to the corrugations ol the other of said' walls, and a cord partially embedded in the material formingf said walls.

7L ln a'box, the combination of two walls a cord partially i eoaeoe projecting at an angle to each other, said walls consisting ot substantially plain sides and a filling,` material of iluted or corrugated conformation'secured to said sides, the cor rugations o'lt one of said Walls projecting in a plane at an angle to the cori'ugations oi the other of said Walls, a cord partially A einbedded in the material forminl said Walls, and a-second cord embedded in the material forming` one of said Walls and located at the free edge thereof.

8. In a box, the combination of two walls irojecting at an angle to each other, said walls consisting of substantially plain Lsides and a illing` of corrugated, material, said iilling material terminating a short dist-ance 'from the edges of the sides, a cord located in the recess formed thereby, and extending` at an angle to the corrugations, and a cord partially embedded in the material .forming the sides and along the line forming the juncture of the walls oit the box.

9. Inw a box, the combination of a Wall consisting,` of substantially plain sides and a 'filling or' iluted or corrugated material secured to said sides, a second wall lormed integral with said first-mentioned Wall and p1o vided with corrugations extending,r in a parallel plane with those of the iirst wall, a third fall formed integral with the wall first-mentioned and provided with a filling material, the corrugations o'l which' extend in a plane at an angle to those of the 'lirst Wall, a cord embedded in the material along the line formed by the juncture of the firstv wall with the second and third Walls, and a sec-- ond cord embedded in the material at the outer edges of the second and third Walls. j

ln testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence ol' two witnesses. 4

DI N )AN FRASER.

Witnesses:

MARTIN H. DAY, lGEORGE J. RIEGLER. 

